Bellingham bans natural gas for heating in some new buildings

Bellingham has become the third city in Washington state to require new buildings to use electricity for heating, as part of an effort to reduce the city's contribution to climate change.The City Council voted 7-0 Monday to require all new commercial construction and future residential buildings more than three stories tall to heat water and rooms with electricity. The rule, modeled after similar policies already established in Seattle and Shoreline, still allows for the installation of gas kitc